Karainagar resettlers barred after dark by SL Navy

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 03:52 GMT]The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has barred refugee families that
recently resettled in their village in the island of
Karainagar, west of Jaffna, from staying in the area
after 6 p.m. Residents of the 45 Housing Scheme in
Thoppukkaadu, Karainagar, said that the SLN ordered
them to leave their homes at dusk everyday and return
in the morning. The villagers complained about their
plight to the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday.

“This is more difficult than being refugees. We are
concerned about leaving our things behind and going in
search of shelter every night with our families," a
resident said.

The people of Thoppukkaadu had to abandon their
village when the Sri Lanka Navy moved into the area in
1990.